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What are some examples of common expressions that people tend to get wrong?

Asked by submariner (4165points) December 23rd, 2011

Correct / Incorrect and makes you look ignorant:
“one and the same” / “one in the same”
“for all intents and purposes” / “for all intensive purposes”
“it’s a dog-eat-dog world” / “its a doggy dog world”

I’m seeing things like this too often in jellies’ writing. What are some other examples we should be aware of?

Sorry if this has been done before.

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